Analysis Of Jealousy In Othello

“Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness”( George Eliot). In the beginning of the play Iago and Roderigo hated Othello because he had chosen Michael Cassio as his second in commander , Iago had thought that he was going to get the job. The reason why Roderigo hated Othello because Othello had married the love of Roderigo 's life. Iago and Roderigo discussed how they wanted to ruin Othello’s life. They were both jealous of Othello and wanted to get all the revenge they were able to get for all that Othello had done to them. Jealousy is an unhappy or angry feeling caused by the belief that someone you love likes or is liked by someone else. In Othello , William …show more content…
Iago wanted revenge on Othello because he felt he was a better soldier than Michael Cassio. Out of revenge, Iago successfully planted the seeds of jealousy into Othello’s mind when in the garden he insinuated that Michael Cassio and Desdemona were having an affair, when Iago had his wife, Emilia, steal the strawberry embroidered handkerchief and Iago lied to Othello about Michael Cassio’s so-called wild dream.
Out of revenge, Iago successfully planted the seeds of jealousy into Othello’s mind when in the garden he insinuated that Michael Cassio and Desdemona were having an affair. Iago told Othello that Michael Cassio was going to come and talk to him. Igao Made Othello hide in the bushes when Michael Cassio came. When he came Iago and him started talking about a women. Iago when Othello to hear all the things Michael Cassio was saying but from the bushes Othello was unable to hear them talking. If Othello was able to hear them they …show more content…
Jealousy has a big part on the love lives of some people. For example in the play Othello, his love for Desdemona was very strong and he was blinded by it. This was the reason why Iago was about to corrupt the mind of Othello so fast and as well as it being so easy to do so. This is how Iago was able to plant all the seeds of jealousy into Othello’s mind. In the garden seen, when Othello was told by Iago to go hide in the bushes so when Michael Cassio came he was able to hear him talking about a women, which Othello would think that they were talking about Desdemona. Iago, also told Othello about Michael Cassio’s so-called wild dream he had about Desdemona. When Iago told his wife Emilia to steal the strawberry embroidered handkerchief from Desdemona. As well as Iago telling Othello that Venetian women all cheat on their husbands and they were not able to be trusted. Since the beginning of the story Iago was going to get his revenge on Othello for not giving him the job of the second in commander. “I think it 's important to get your surroundings as well as yourself into a positive state - meaning surround yourself with positive people, not the kind who are negative and jealous of everything you do” (Heidi